Posted: Sep 10, 2025

Dance/Movement Therapist-Full Time Days

Mary Washington Healthcare - Fredericksburg, VA
Full-time
Salary: $28.85 - $40.39 Hourly
Application Deadline: N/A
Nonprofit

This position is responsible for providing clinical therapeutic patient care services in a professional, timely, and effective manner to ensure compliance with hospital, regulatory, government, and program goals and requirements. The Expressive Therapist improves patients’ overall mental, emotional, and physical well-being by applying the techniques of various art forms to increase social function, improve coordination and communication, and enable expression of feelings. Expressive Therapists generally specialize in a particular area, such as dance and movement, music, or art therapies.

Job Details

 
  • Provides direct service to adolescent and adult inpatient and outpatient patients.
  • Performs assessments to determine therapeutic and functional goals for the patients.
  • Develops treatment plans with varied interventions based on assessment, interests and objectives of therapy.
  • Assess patients' development, abilities, personality, interests and conflicts through their medium.
  • Prepares and submit patients' reactions and progress reports and confers with treatment team.
  • Maintains and completes required clinical documentation.
  • Attends multi-disciplinary team meetings.
  • Provides in-service programs to educate staff and volunteers about expressive therapy.
  • Attends clinical in-service programs and continuing education opportunities.
  • Maintains expressive therapy supplies and equipment.
  • Oversees interns and shadowing experiences for students as appropriate.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

​Qualifications:

  • Graduate of an accredited school of Expressive Therapy; Master's degree in Dance, Movement Therapy or related field required.
  • Dance/Movement Therapist – Board certified in Dance/Movement Therapy (DMTCB) required within 6 months of hire.
  • Previous inpatient/outpatient mental health/substance abuse experience required.
  • CPR (AHA Healthcare Provider) required.
  • CPI certification required within 90 days of hire.